Corey Feldman Speaks Out

Minus his ridiculous hair (is that a front rat tail or something?), Corey Feldman was surprisingly profound during his interview with Larry King last night. Corey gave his first interview after losing his best friend, Corey Haim. Feldman encouraged the media to stop speculating about the cause of death until the autopsy results come in. He claimed that Haim was clean and had “grown up” when his mom was recently diagnosed with cancer. Feldman also made the following statement:

“Where were all these people the last 10 years, the last 15 years, of Corey’s life. Where were all these people to lend a handout, to reach out to him and say, you’re a legend, you’re an amazingly talented wonderful person who’s never really gone out of his way to hurt anyone, other than himself? In this entertainment industry, in Hollywood, we build people up as children, we put them on pedestals, and then, when we decide they’re not marketable anymore, we walk away from them, then we taunt them and we tease them … It’s okay for society as a whole to poke fun at, to point fingers at, us as human beings. Why is it okay to kick somebody when they’re down? I don’t think it should be tolerated anymore.”

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